NGC 7223
NGC 7223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7223 as it looked roughly 217 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 7197Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 7248Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7248Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7282Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7264Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7273Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 7265Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).